Thank you! I think this is really nice! This is actually one of my favorite hymns to improvise on and it brings me joy to hear someone do some creative things with it. You have done some things with it that are really quite nice! The intro and the vaireid way you used it as interlude material was awesome. And if that were not enough, there was a beautiful moment of a quasi descant going on in one of the verses near the end. And finally, the transition to the outro (intro material) was well placed, I thought. Then to top the entire thing off, the outro closes with a rising arpeggio of yet-unheard sonorities! Very, very well composed!
I was just thinking of this hymn but couldn't think of the words. You have such a gift .
Amen
Thank you! I think this is really nice! This is actually one of my favorite hymns to improvise on and it brings me joy to hear someone do some creative things with it. You have done some things with it that are really quite nice! The intro and the vaireid way you used it as interlude material was awesome. And if that were not enough, there was a beautiful moment of a quasi descant going on in one of the verses near the end. And finally, the transition to the outro (intro material) was well placed, I thought. Then to top the entire thing off, the outro closes with a rising arpeggio of yet-unheard sonorities! Very, very well composed!
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! They are always so encouraging!